Manure-spreader.



F. TDD.

MANTES SPRBADER.

APPMGATION 21mm H1B. 1, 1912.

atented Feb. 16, 19H3 SHERTSMSHEHT L` TSC Y. G13" EAST Specification ofLeners Patent 1.a 22mm.

Ik, 'za/aww may @0^ J i5@ it kmtfwn that L F1 v Mniine., in the countyof Rock .isi-.uni mi f Stute 0f Iimis, have. invented ceri-nin uw.

mui useful vImpun/aimants in M ,mure-Spremi- Qrs, (if which the oiiowingis a specification. reference being had therein to the accom psmyngdrawing.

This invention eiates to fertilizer dis,- i'ibues and in particuim tothat ciu-ss @mv mining thnse in which aaah machine. (form mises a bodystructure having :n muvuiifii'fvttom and dvies aii bhe rem of the bon-m.for spreading or distributing the man riaiupon the ground.

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u '-.eiiffzii lxgimiiiuai. thi-sufi. the beam! di'iviug xz'wnmnism.

. in me '.ii'fiwings the mavhine is iiiustmad. a@ bf ng a vehicle, whenconsidered :is an :3: cnifiy.. it having the body part l.. the frontwiieeis and iff? l' Wiiwig 3. In nm'ny if@ (mais lmgsi; i

1. .MA ha ypmng and feeding la-wif: "c nm? the mechanism bj; @ma

:mie 0 that, it Cam mm mi; n fifi imi in :m ,ppositu iii-www ili. R11 nuas ihm much nu'irv lim.' Suppm'wii iii-mv ng' uf iii Sort is simwn :it8. iiiis umxipils- 1g f1 dining eimmnt i), a driven element 125,318,November 2]., 1911, to Theophilus ifown imtimn mlnptmi. in mmccontinuously 1n one direction, iii/w upper part thereof carrying theNimmt@ ci he x'hicie to the beater :md ihm. izftmuinp; around thc milerl? to di@ .uici' l!V :z the fixant end of the S'Ufuctme. Thr: www formuv-:ing the sinttcd bottom muy be transmitted t0 either of its ioiielsin :my mimi 0;: )')i-eferred manner. As Shown, 'i naw indicated n bevelWheel ai i5 when my :.1 chain lf3 and sproclw-. pninn the wheel 15. inmm, driving' the beve! pinion, i8 which is on counts: .afi l?? carryingi worm. LA). This hitter ags with the Worm Whef 2i oi; fha. shaft. ofthe. ma? mi2-r 1&3. The drii ing mechanism fof the apron. roller aan fue:ingaged therefmm by arrf o? tbc Hamai dei ces. Thai; Eme :imams may beso arranged as to vibrate around the axis of its driving wheel 15,theupward swinging thereof being effected by a rock shaft 23erank arm24, link 25bell lever 26 and link 27, the latter being connected by asleeve or otherwise to the countershaft. The rock shaft 23 can beactuated by the driver' of the vehicle through the hand lever 27 whichis connected to it through the links 28, 29h, 30 and 81 and the belllevers 32, 33 and 34. This manual mechanism for throwing the feederapron out of and into action can also be connected to the devices whichcontrol the transmission of power to the stop dog 35into the path of theprojec tions on the controller element 11, stopping the latter againstrotation, and at the same time, through the link 31, the rock shaft 23,and the links 25 and 27, lowering the worm into engagement with the wormwheel on the apron roller, Icausing the feeder apron to commence itsdelivery7 movement immediately after the feeder starts its rotating.v

Directly above the main beater 4, I place a small cylinder or auxiliarybeater 4. rlhis cylinder has projecting fingers 4" similar to those onthe beater 4.

Directly at the rear of the beater 4 I have mounted a laterally actingdistributing device indicated by the numeral 37. This comprises a.transverse shaft 38 mounted in rearward extensions 39 of the sills 7. Aspiral or screw-like blade 40 surrounds the shaft 38. This blade isformed of a single .strip wound outwardly from the center of the shaftin oppositely directed spirals. The pitch of the spi'ral is so made thatit will, on being rotated in the direction opposite to that of theground wheels, cause particles of the manure thrown upon it by thebeaters to be spread outlaterally in a swath cone siderably wider thanthe path of the machine.

In order to actuate the lateral spreading device and the auxiliarybeater, I drive a chain 42 by sprocket teeth 41 carried by one head ofthe beater, this chain extending around small sprockets 43 and 44 fixedon the ends of the spiral distributer shaft and the auxiliary beatershaft, respectively. Since the beater rotates in a direction opposite tothat in which the ground wheels rotate, it is evident that the auxiliarybeater and the distributing device will likewise be caused to rotate inthat' direction.

sary to employ a multiplicity of chains' which furnish a troublesomeitem of up keep.

M experience with mechanisms of this clas in which the, rotary beater ismounted at the axis of the rear driving wheels, has le me to observeseveral-disadvantages when the apronof a slatted conveyer bottom isarranged entirely below, or entirely above (practically) the beater. Inmost cases the bottom support for the material has been arranged belowthe'beater, and the latter has 'been expected to engage with thematerial at all lines of that half of the periphery of the revolutionwhich lies forward of the vertical plane passing through the axis. Thefingers o f the beater which lie below the horizontal plane assingthrough the axis, move relativel orward, that is, toward the front en ofthe machine, and therefore move toward or against the ad vancing mass ofmaterial. The work done by them durin this quarter of the revolu-v tionis work w ich is not only idle, but is destructive of power and detractsfrom the efiiciency of the machine. I have found that by arranging thebottom of the conveyer 1n a way such, as I have shown, superior .resultsare obtained. vIt will be seen that the lane of the top surface of themovable ottom is the horizontal plane, or is near the horizontal planewhich contains the axis of the ground wheels and of the beater. Thisbrings the load of material to the fingers at the laces where they beginto move backwar As they tear ofi' the particles, they immediatelycommence to throw them upward and backward. When the apron is below thecenter of the beater, the vertical portion of the beater acting upon theload 1s approximately equal to its diameter. In the present case, thevertical portion acting upon the load is approximately equal t0 theradius of the beater. Where, asis now often times the case, the end gateor rake is dispensed with, it is necessary that the beater parts shouldextend upward from the bottom of the load-carrying body a suicientdistance to not only hold the upper part of the load within the vehiclewhen loading, but also to operate upon the upper stratum in order thatthey may be properly distributed. The disadvantage of using a smallbeater with its axis below the plane of the A un :mme the izmtcy und if;guida the ML 1k posit; 1x

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'ahy effing :1 l' nu@ mi' @he Lady@ Ward beyond it, the rear groundWheels upon which the said sills are supported at points in advance oftheir rear ends, the beater mounted upon the ground Wheels, the movablebottom having its carrying surface located in a plane above the aXis ofthe beater, and a laterally acting distributin device located at therear of the beater an mlounted upon the rear ends of the said si ls.

8. In a fertilizer distributor, the cornbination of a body structure,the rear ground Wheels, the rotating beater surrounding the axis of theground Wheels, the

movable bottom for advancing the load to- 15 the beater for driving thetoothed cylinder 20 and lateral distributing device.

In testimony Whereo I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FLOYD R. TODD.

Witnesses:

THEOPHILUS BROWN, H. B. M. KAHIN.

